border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’. => board
border (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (compare Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
border (v.)
c. 1400, "to put a border on;" 1640s as "to lie on the border of," from border (n.). Related: Bordered; bordering.
双语例句
1. The stock market is convinced more cross-border deals will take place.
股市相信跨境交易会越来越多。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
这种对待金钱的过分谨慎的态度有时几近于吝啬。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He was never able to get past the border guards.
他从未能够通过边防哨兵的检查。
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4. Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.
货币兑换成本仍是跨境贸易的最大障碍之一。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.